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The Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BC. By the time of classical Greece it was already over two thousand years old — ancient even to people we call ancient.
Türkçe
Giza'daki Büyük Piramit, antik Yunanlar için bile çoktan kadimdi.
Büyük Piramit yaklaşık MÖ 2560'ta inşa edildi. Klasik Yunan çağına gelindiğinde çoktan iki bin yaşını aşmıştı — 'antik' dediğimiz insanlara bile antikti.
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